Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 22, 1877, Page 10

10 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1877—TWLELVLE PAGES, THE TRIBUNE IOME, A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. J., of Grand Raptds. It will do rowell taraad to | and. 171 mixtake nut, this will come nmiler that the children Chirlstmas Eve that itis pablished ng | Bawe. Tha front of the bilding [s two storics Izh, tack . a #0 long thit we sent. Tt has no clalma to newness, but itoncawen | AIgh v:r"'l'n':gh:fin'?n'fi"d|n!'n‘x.-l-mm. that wo wero ha had grown fuln, filed hie pine, cot him & match, got the tyclopedfs and’ read what 1t mald Cebont bolls: zavo him a ean of eoffee and n clean handkerehlel, and finnl- teen mare an one, for centa: eam, afip, an1bind, kmt four plain,’ theongh tho thread aver the needic nad knit one, through thy throad over and knit four plain, narrow. Thia fornis one acallop; eharming for llttle girla who ean_appreciate them, and are not dificult 1o play, Winifred, have yon ever nued Kohler's ** Twelve Proparatory Stuidite, ‘Thoyare much caster than Czerny's af syrup ipecac and paregoric, My Femedies ap all the advica of & gnol physician. Tf Mes. M. wishos the model, with inetrnctions, 18 1 Tntrocd ety | soam Brecani watrow Inst: keop fonricen silichos | Veloclticn, Fog ‘thoss . lieh wivanced 3 | Pieasesead cacdto” PuneLr Enceiaar, *+ Bean o, ' ; and, i s the t d And et 1o vocel, de eam firat and naceow Inst; A 080 le moro Avanced care Tiusuxe. A Twas the night beforo Christmas, when allibzongh | ™07 POBUTAr then **eaffal tnore. B et et e the Jiecs San Artonto; y{r;;xn“:'r'.?nk"»l Shyihing eleo y';::“\mn{.;' ln{} forcacirecaiiopatwnrn, U T e | e used Duvernoy'y +Feola, du Sechanism. o, - 1hi t he said he felt faint. affsred to send any one trien thes o8 rof ohlor. ese are both studies ol Wash Hobw stio stirring, not even & monee; D'V, Vi, thin Intormalion yon bilag I, as yoa e noma oo s | e o heRals re Wikt & e doay ol | enores ok poshans L ong vemd something elre, for | technique, however, For sindies of thythm and | A TRIBUTE 0 TIE QUAKER rokr, o o witn | T nee, covered by other writers whose letters | FU00000 ¢ crgaring the river to Zo fo & frien vehemence for & man #o weak, Presently he aalil | tho practice of Aunt Jow's nrinciples has made | exprossion, to my mind thore la nobody like ifeller. To the Editor of Ths Tribune, The stockings wera hang by the chimuey With | yoro road betare yours eame. room. 1t In 8 very large And conifortablo ho he felt very, veey faint. ggested o mustard | many coinfortable and convenient prosents for our | Some of my actiolars are now at work on hisop, | MiLwauksE, Win,, Dec, 17.—1 have scen no TAIEs o and conetantly fled; e moch so, that many can: | placteran his stomach or n emetc, llodldn't | fricnds. Do tnis plrls, and brothers like Teter | 46, and they ate o pratty that Linvo ofien taken In hopes that 8¢, Nicholas soon wounld bs there; mentlon tn Tho Home of onr dear old Quaker pouy who to-day has numbered his 70th birthday, ¢, reemin to mo that & man who has told 50 well ths simplo joys and sorrows of homa-11£0 should have some tribate to-day from the women of The Home, Thongh my attempt to pay auch tribute be rude and imperfeet, 1t In at least sincere. The wonle he haa spoken of Robert Burns will apply with porfecy fAtucss to himeelf: Not histhe song whnte thunderous chime N echo de ender, uscan’s hannted rhyme, tarry splendor Para C., there nre plenty of cacographic writers | not fnid the room they desire. iHotels are In gr d tn acco: row loos: It wauld b almort e toenconr- demand nere, and many " aro needed fo aceos age another. ing here for- health nnd pleanurs, In tnis city we find some ' modern THE LETTER-RO 1mprovementa: bt an & general thing the quaint- There are letters in this ofice for the fallowing- [ nean 14a0 enjorable that thio tnhahitanta wish to named contributors. 'Those Intended for persons | fresctve it nnd lot me heve may, 1f you wish (0 seq 4 by mail Sl LA : o living out of the city will be forwarded by i« completed, we know from the past whiat the re upon receipt of address, ealdents can call or | ault will be, hartlcularly 2a the land surroundin send to Room 24 Tuinyxs Dullding and get thewr I.llxl:‘;:rv'g:abl;k‘dn:::ll::fi:a:!te 1::{;!::1{‘::“2‘«;:& letteen: of the catile on a thousand hille, we bould sny Mea. J., Gr. Rapide (12), C. there were nearly 100 to the acre. Snnd: J. Mack Deth, Rla ing found us on our to visit the ything, bat gase me the lookof & dying After a while i gasped, Atthat, Im tstapved: [ haven's had & bite to eat sine terday," *YOh, yes yon have." [ ex srJot tto 8 heatty breskfast not three hours azo, and 1 bewnn reading again. Pretty oon ho want. ed me to bring him & cap of tea and two or threo crnnibs of toast—and **I'll try toeat)t," he add- ed heroleally. 1f you have cver scen a slck man fou will know I did right when I cava the follow nz order in the kitchen: **Godown cellar nnd bring p thnt three-atlon Jar of pleked pliw feet and 8 couple or loaves of bread; oven n jarof ntrawberry, presorves aud & 'can of chiers rlea: mnko somo coffce, and got two bott} ot will think you n little more careful for thetr com- fort, “They won'townit, bat they wnlxmvu it by and by, wnd romember BlsTE| them and played them o pleasaro and proft. I'm o giad soma of yoa like Chopln. I acknowladge eathoven I8 King, ns Sirs. W. 11, ll{ , but for m{l!lf 1 like to play Chopin, The only trounle Is, 1 never can bring out naif there 1s In hila moalc. ¥ern-Loaf, will you pleme tell my mother what to du with her **nliver-leafed " plants—geranuma and the like, that bave & white edye to the leaf? Do they require any apcial treatment? Tae feaves of ourn begin Lo eurl up and grow brown Jiist abont as they get to full sizo. The plants secm well enouvh, only the leaves never como to matueity and atay there —they drop off. _They did Juet no 1n the garden jan and over formy own ‘The childron were nesiled all anng in thelr beds, While viefons of sugar-plams danced in their heads; Anl mamma in her kerchiof, and [ {n my cap, Tlad Just scttled our brains for a long winter's nap; When out on the lawn thero arose anch 8 clatter, 1 #prang from the bed 1o seo what was tho matter. Away to the window I few ike a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash, ‘The moon on (he breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the Instre of midday Lo objects below, ‘When, what to my wondering eyes should appear t AN AUTOBIOGRAPIIY, Ta the Editor of The Tribune. Masox Citr, 1L, Dec. 1 was decply Inter- ested in the latter of Sorrowfal Wife, published some weeks ago, and would 1tke (with your par- miseton) to comfort her a little, ¥ 1 can. My dear unknown friend, 1 have noone *‘romedy” to oifer, but if you wili kindly llaten to o patt of my own experience, U balieva 1 can belp yoo. | To Nalure's husom noarer?. beer *and_ " bring _ them e a immor, 14 Anything wrong, OF | wo need no answer to. that question who ha Tint & miniatare sleigh and eight tiny rewndeer, ittle Dornitt, founded over 200" years’ ngo by the ol 1n 83 soon & possible.” When'they sppeared his :::':”l"‘l::fl;";‘s";;‘:;:z‘l:'n:;m‘:fl’fl‘;“"’[‘fl:‘f do thoy siways do so? LILUOR | wandererl o~ Ataong. the 1Tiila 1 and ayeieard Wt aJitdlo ol river, 0 lively and quick, Blue fird, Fathers,and stll tn a'remarkable state of prescrva. | eyes brightened, and e aaid he belioyed he conld g 3 woly T naes thranen tho doormsy of the erarnrd 1 knew in 3 moment it mast be St Nick. fi.lll:';nifine. tlan, 'rmmhmrmlm'- Llltiu::‘fi ]cl;:hm ';l;l’l;‘e'mhr‘: eat a little, and—well, tho long and the short of it | tical; I, inexporlenced, imaginativo, and roman- AUNT LUCY'S GOOD WISHES, ch ' the surf-waves dashing up the eaud, X moen from her roof, and was that the piga’ feet disappenred Nio mista be- fore the sun of morning: aa planks of driftwood fioat asiiore the silces of tonst loated Into hie ca- t Wa biave rested In the shadow of the ash More rapid than esglcs his coursers they came, tle. We began housekecping at onco, In a city And ho whiatled, and shonted, and esiled them by somewhat remote from my father's huine. Thanks ton New Knzland mother, Ihad received a good To the Editor of The Tribune. e O R R Criicaao, Dec. 18.—Can it bo that tho heavens Ban Jose te were too much eharmed with the ', ‘That dres:ns its dream fn Attitash, . name: ) rentpture and the rnine which surrounded usto | paclous manth;and like fosy clouds eponnful after | domeatlc oducation, nd for & fow wecks: the | aTe weeping becsuse ofd Father Timo is bearing Intho warin aummer weatbior. “ eh t P 1ana | Dellle Il think ot earrylnz anything awny with ne U wa | amonful of encrrles and ettawborries sanlahed I } charm of keeping my own honse was sullclont to | tho prosent yoot away snd biding 1t among tho | And have seen an.. Daeher | now, Dancart now, Pranceriand | 1, 13, ¢, (0), Trot., Joliat. came to the mose.cuvered well; and when, looking | the dark and narrow tonnel that leads frum tho | make ma Interestad nn(l.hupry. But T soon | mygteries of the past? All night lang has It pouz- White clouds whose shadows haunt the deep, Vizen! e + | far down and beholding the clear depthe of coul 11d to hin stomach. bocame vaguely conscions that the pomtion | (V6 EUEL 8 PR SR B T e e LIRNE mists, whose soft emuTaces Keep On, Comet! on, Capld!on, Donder! and Blitzen! FERN-LEAY'S ADVENTURES, waler, we gathered some fern-leaves to preas, and orning when T wont Into the room be | of chairs and tables would [ntorest mo y long i % Tho sunshine on the 1i1s aalcep. To the top of the porch! to the top of the walll To the Editor of The Tridune. Altusitomini ns of thia place, 0 Iflllt‘mh:n:h':nn drisity S Cut ::l.te;fidlh:nw;l':‘l' Cingtiag the one Lout i AL L myulmt;mhm 1o hav L i i wa h:m,hee“h “""',?":“" * fn that ola ,I,-e,, N " . ‘ tecoliections, The Inner temple oen and e 1 ren tinmph of culinary art, thongh ro w e long, oo, v, Fogland farm-house, snd have lesrned to lu Reow dush swey st awap | dask devay 411 X 4% Axtoxto, Ter,, Dec. 12.—Leaving Daltae | FRENEEURT, T08 INOCL RMBE 0 altar ra: | cast'his eyon fenvanward In agony and Krosncd | oo rmm st A O Tt e o s dry leaves that before 2 z And, perhsps, Imight had It not have been that the faithfsl postman brought sunshine in, Did &t ever ocear to the ladies of Tho Home, and all over the Jand, how much wo are Indebted to onr lettor carriera? To bo sure, they are pald by the Govern. ment; but, alas! how 1litle, Thair malarics ba: boen 'mors than once cut down during tha p year. From early morn till isto at nlun‘il tirvugh #now and heat, “rain and storm, they tread thu weary way, When I wan ymm“lm always looked for the car- r's nildress with the dawn of tun New Year, but that fashion has becoms obsolete, or, undar the new dispensation, not allowable. Cannot wo In- dividaally play Santa Claus and remembor our car- riers subatantfaily? 1 know they would apvreciate 4 remembrance. Many bolldny ifts will probably be sent hy mail to save the expressage. Onr car- tlers must being thom to the door, withont an oxira pa; he satchols are hvlvr, but let us cacl fnsome way helpto lighten thefr tnove who sat abont 1fs ficarth, Hut, though we love Whittler led us throug! ¢ ploasant viaces, wa love him more for those slmple, earncat wonls with wiich 6 has comforted os In times of sorrow, You have -all read that little poeg of his ealled *'Tha Threo Bells," walch tells of o disnbled vessel that was drifting alung through storm nnd darkness when the despulr; craw heard A shoat npon the wind, **Ship ahoy ! It crled, and tald them that ** the atout Three Heily frotn Glasgow ™" would stay near untt) morning nud sava them. Al night they saw the lizhis of the Three Heils shining through the darknces, and heard tha hiouts uf enconrazemont from hor crew, and at daybreakahe picked them ap, when the ves. sel aauk, * Just asthe shonts from tho Three Helle cama ncroea the storm to thoss despalting men, so the earncst words of John t1. Whiltier havo come 10 us in hotirs of trouble. How when the darkress of elsvery hung over us e heard hin brave, indrz. al 2 o'clock, we jonrney on through this lovel m‘llnd’ :ufiluucl::?. lrlem ;::“g]cmflfl‘::e"‘ State, over the rolling pralries, bappy to be again | S0uld toll 8 tale of remarkn! on the road In our car, and azaia united after belng | SoUId only pcak: hat, aias! they only scparated for one brief day, Reaching Wills | fone 1ook &t the rnine befors um, nnd Polnt, wo wers Invited fo dine with Mr. Mars, | voe feave this " zrand old place for a drive througn Mr. . 3t Thompaon, General Ticket Agent. and | the Moxican pottion of the clty, and, to ont Incx. 1t would be eafe to ray,did fall Justlca to the viands | served that doge, pigw, hens, sud_ the' long-eatc beforo us, Reaching Mineola, wo beheldt fery | donkoy entered the snme duor, 1lete, on the 10(h flames louming up in the distanco, and on nearing ','.{mflc'tfi;'lflgy-';v“gfi_v J'.fi"'\fi&'.‘:'&‘l’m‘m'&‘ff the depot found them to be across tho etreet, and | yeading their papere, and woatop and plck roses the building In which the fire originated was now wrapped 1n the éevonring® element, .nd on they swept rogandlcss of tho homes thoy wern making and violets, and linagine it is June, The Gavern. ment Depit ls vieltcd, as woll as the Arsenal, dorolate, and even loaped up to the huwe branches of the noble old oak that had stood as sentinel over with all the unction of & convert on the anxzions seat. 1 examihed It with critical eye nnd pro- nounced it roady for the knife or anytulng he want. ed used, Tie told me to take » needlo and prick It gently. 1said I would, and wentout ostensibly toget & needlo, but tn reality to sharpen my penknife, for I don't belleve in half-way mearures, and de- gided to do tbe jobwall IT a1 1t at all, T wend back, plagged tho bull, found it ripe, and, ne I sald, *+ihe¢ warst inover," 1 Liave been visitiogin the coantry sinco then. It I have been wandering from tho sabject 1 wished to talk about. ¥ have a_very fine ecipe for snow-cream which I wish to prescnt to you for & Christmns present, it s the only thing I can think of that would be appropriato: * Take a qnart of cream trom cow’s milk, Aweeten It with sugar, — es will do, but sugar Is botter, —take it out to the northwest corner of tho house, beat itthick ‘with snow, If you can tind any, and ecent it with yanilla. ' 1t fs ta oo eaten cold with & npoon. 1t of pralee. | looked in vain for_some alen of tha hearty Intercat In honschold afalrs which I had alwnys seen in my fatherand brothers, #ad nator- ally began to think my linrbaad somewbat poculia 11 was deeply engrowed in burincss, and, cxce ing at meal tine, 1aaw Hitle of ki had fow oppartunities for converation. ted an [ was, Luonz strancor my aoclal dutfes wero faw, and ecanily dischargod. 1 was verymuch Alone, and soon discovered that thore was something sadjy wrote with my life, 1 thonght my husband grent- iy changei, when in trth tho greater change was in my surronndings, Ad a girl, T had reigned with soma diatinction in'my own social circle (pardon any sceming cgotism), and my accompilshinents, while no creater than the average, wero still sufie clent to wake my company always in demand. 1 had never known what it wad to feel myself **bo- low par.” Kut now I ncemed undera diffarent sky, while my husband was quite ae courteous and deferential as befaro (he §s a gentismn ‘When they meet with sn obstacle, mount to the he one wha hay ey, 5o up to the housetop the conrscrs thoy few, ‘With the sleigh fall of toys, snd 8t Nicholas, too, And there, 1na twinkling, T beard on the roof, The prancing and pawing of aach littlo boof. Asdrew In my hend and was turniug around Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a hound. Tlo was dressod all in far from his hend to his foot, = And his clothies were all tarnished with ashos and root; A bundle of toys he had flung on his Lack, And ho louked Mke a peddier just opening his ander charge of Cant. C, Conely, an we wero snrprised to find ' the Captaln _ In such ecomfortable _quarters, with ruch substantinl buildings, and moro than pack, ills cycs—how they twinkled! his dimples—how k hearts and fill | nant voice again and again, thongh the storm of the atrect since its first existence. The block muy | one of our party did not think Mrs. Cancly's lot a | in s0 good that no onie could tell it from the gen- | ] misacd tho ready anticivation of my wishes, snd | theso same satchols with a Chrintmasor Naw Year's | public opinlon beat flercely upon him, mererl bo rebiuilt; but the old aak lias gone, never to re~ | YC£Y hard one, sud asked if any of tho ofiicers | ning article nuless they had eaten r -croam. | the ovident, thouzh unexpressed, disire for my | gt And when tho eclouds rolled darker uuon 1lis chieek ik 0 Iike acherry! | tirm, And many years mast roll round ero | Weresingle, as San Antonlo woild bes most des | | **Mostnoble Brutds,” stand oftt *tand from | convorsntion and brescnce to which I had been ac- | - Among the letters recelved fo-day swas one from | us ** in warstime, * and onr ship of stato was driy- A # checks were iko rosos, Lis nose 1ike a chereyl | oM. e aeiy forms can acck aneiter | Jihtfnl nome. “Tha eprinws were duly visited, and day forth use™ not Derunda ‘*for your | customed, My pianc waeseldom upen; if 1 eang | Fern Leaf, Olive Groen, and Content, two from ab- | Ing on the rocks, how his yolco raug out to s In Y This droll Iittle mouth was drawn up li%o & bow, from tho snn's heated ray+ Sadly we watched the | if any oneof you deslre tu doscrive the Dreckan- ‘yea for your langhter, when you aro | to myself ¥ invariavly ended 1n tears, 'Twas un- | sont childfen, and o Inrge package contalning trall- | that grand old Iyeic of **8t. Jotn DeMatha™] L And the beard of his ehin was ns white 2s'the | biiliings, one after another, "fall befoto the | Hldge Spring seud us the derceiption, and let us aeo | wan happirs and when 1 asked—aa T often didat first— | ing fvies most beautifally prossed, Whence or | The wholo country echoed when hecrlcd: 5 Snows trearheroun master, and tecretted that tho propl | the Worls you usc. 1wl not atteniptit, Wordls | We ali Nke you, but not what you say of Do- ot s namo), ‘*ara inap- from whom they came 18 anyatery tome, 1 know thelr native land is away down East. I have Iflnced them In every nook and corner, over and benoath the pictares, and L wish you all could sce them. 1 studled the book of Naturs this scason when autumn taened tha loaveas the resuit 1s that Idn and Mabol have frescacd the walla In the most a tistlc style with leaves of every hua and color, 1 wa filll-l!fll that letter frum Contont In re- rd to hor hobby, T think Isaid long ago that if was mora Intorested in one sabjoct than anothor it was children and old folks, They cach need our tenderest care. brought to s that all are o report to the Alamo Plazzn, an it n destred that s picture of our party be taken before tho ruins of the Alamo. Thither sl repalr,and sfter many delays we are elther reated orstanding in our alloited places, and the word glven (o louk just at thia particular object, and the busy tonenes aro for the first tme qulet fora moment, Sio one on mirchiel heat Gttern & long- drawn groan, and I fear thore will be some amiling conntenances when we behold the negetive, This plcture wlll_ever be a pleasing reminder of & most dehghtfnl eplsode, and, as 1 behold the Hachelor ‘Teio sented In the carringe In the rear, 1 shall re- member with pleanure the qft just recefved from allon! The morning cometl, Tho ot yo yat sial! Agdaf tho et of ud shal ting “Tho §nod ship Lravely laf ‘For thase words cvery man, woman, and child fn onr land should shout to-day, **Uod bless dear ol Whittier." Nor did hin volco caase whon thn good ship came safuly In, for any of us, when drifting about in the darkiteas of noina great sorrow, may hear lis kind. 1y worda tolling of ** The Esernal Gooilness. "* Often I iave scen thoso stricken with the loss of #omo dear frlend tarn to thess words and find swest comfort In them, and many times | The stauip of & pipe he hold Ukt In bie teeth, tonds, and you know that yon are Hratus that Aud the amoke, it encircled his head like & wreath; e had & broad face and a lttle round belly, That shook, when he Isughed, like & bowlfnl of Jehy. e wan ehubby and plam, a right jolly oid elf, And 1 Inughed when I saw him, In epite of myself; A wink of hus cye nnd a twist of his head, Soun gave mo to know I had nothing to dread, He spoke not 8 word, but went stralght to his i teard tha duawer, 2wy o, iny dear, what an tdeat" Tusd to )isten with an almost morbid eagerncss and lunging for the worda, wiich [ thought would some tuno follow, ** My own wife, younre dearcr than cver.' Iut Ull,'( never came. My husband meemcd fo regard hin marrisge 88 & ‘desirable consummatlon, chleily becanye [t put anend to thuse demonds on his time which soctely bad hithorto impoved. He had no timo for amusements, and, though I might oflen havo spont lligoy hors fh company witk my fricnds, & stubborn peide restrained me, It could not accompany mo, I would re- main at home. A great lonoliness took were 50 poo: they could not aford an engine with which to protect thelr property, At ono Lime tho laege warchause, flied with cotton, was In great danver, but by vigilarice, and the' sasistanco of the muititude, (t wasin comparative aafety when wo took our departure, We wero met at Mineoln by R, 8, Hays, Vice-l ident: D, &, 1L Swmith, ’K"lsufl:r and Paymaster: H. M. Ifoxie, Genernl Supenntentent: Allen McCoy, Generai Frelght Azeut: . 1. Page, Generd Passenzer and Tickot ¢ the Internativnal & Great Northern i Company. ‘Through tho courtesy of these gentlemen all repalred to tho Fergerson flotel at ‘Tyler for breakfast, and thena drive Apeaks this, Or, by the gods, THst specety wera else your Inst. Cuar, THE HOME CLUR'S APPEAL. To the Editor of The Tritune. Cnicaao, Dec. 17, —Delng duly invested with all proper authority by The Home Club at their last nessfon, 1 wish to make anappoal to all who care for the suffering, worthy poor, to ald ns in oar en- deavors to alleviato s little of the distress which th 2 thoy will pleaso nccept iy thanks and dat this wintor, 1f the hard fon of 0 e e e s | st B e lern s fom JTe a0 mhots, & mothee | Ming mantoers Denes tor_ths’ Raskt tia v ? | them, and they will please accey vrovalls in our midet this winter, o hard | posvossion of me. And_my min 0 iled | and hior lttle S.year-olid fot were waiting to b n 3 At Dot all tho atockings: then turned with o | LLioUh ihe recte anon el B eoie pinka In 1ot | tho wiah that they Inay” enjoy Lhe oreriand trin | rors I Or I bl et e | Bthstnral thourbtor Koulinn wneculstions pe io | ettt Pertos e eiorpncs maiinke 0b8 | Ve samia. Toved fne that the Kiad old ministor : ap pliie 3 beticamion suin \which atoad beforo s 'tbrea feet | Which they are now contemplating, After i - o whut might have beon; wondering if I had not | nenrly exhausted, for I think she had but littlo, | Anding his own words inndequate, repeated some Jerk, ¥ In hight, At 10 'clock we tinl oreely sing | ®itting quietly so fong, wa wander through | need for anslety as to who will provide forusour | cheaed my hungry hoart with husks, while lifo's | The child sald, ** Mammsa, buy mo soma pop-corn,” | mimple hinca from this poem. * For my part, [ hare And faying his finzer naide of hia nose, B ey ook " U vea panding | o ™ ol taine ' of tho - Alamo and | many dally cumforte,—who havo enongh and to | Sectaf wige Mool waliog; and whe foahd 1t fo o an unfailing ** Eteroa) Goodnes her If I had married Tom, who was nearer my own age, [ might not havo been a kappler wotnan, 1int after a time better thouglita provailed, In- ntoad of sorrowfully broodini uver the qualitics iy husband Iacked, I comforted mywolf with tho knowledge of thu admirsblo ones hio possessod. [ used oftan to compare him with other men, that I might note bie supononty. (llo Is fine-looking, anilof very gontlcmanly bearing.) 1 prided my. aclf on his well-known business integrity. I re. memberod that, thougly he never praised mo, hio never gave e theslizhtest reproof. Where | com. plaincd of neglect, svtno other wives bara poltive unkindness, I beuan aleo to ace that, since [ conld niobchiange my hiusband, T had, better adapt myeelf to him, I bad noticed that ‘often when my at- tempta at conversation Lad been decidedly thongh pulitaly ignored, a chance alluslon to'trade or hustiiors woke him from bls preoccupstion atonce. 80 1begun to_read tho newspapers carcfully, and availed my»olf of every opportunity to become famiitae with businese forme and castoms. In thie way I often succeaded in galning my husbands at. tentlon, and mh“l“d In myself wvivid intereat in but the emphatic ** Noi" hushed the child, and Twished 1 dared give hor the pop-carn. ' When will mothers realizo that the littlo heartaaro tender and and continunlly smooth the paths they rough will como soon enongh—and give them only pleasant memories to recall in miter gunrfl Never hastily reprova your darlings; nover a careless of thelr intertsts: nover Lecomo o Ab- rulhcil in other dutics that tliey may become nege 1 once Imagined a mothor so Intercated in her baaks ae to weary of her child's incesannt prattle, and I let my thoughta run Into verse or thym wo will not eall it poetry. It was pubitshed in Kastern paper some years 0o, and may intoreat B0MO0 ONG DUV Comp, Nelile, be quiet, you must not make a nolse, Tlut wo away, chiid, sid play with your tys,— Wit ts the reason, [ shiould 11ka 16 know, ‘That when I wish to read you muat bother me so? 1 hiava played tl I'm tired, dear Mamins, you see, fiase ST ey o mer 1If you'll resd me. lnlury.—{n,dnefl Twiil And giving a nod, np the chimney he rote; He wprang 1o Us alelgh, to hile team gase o whistle, Awlaway they all flew Tlke the down of 8 fltstle. Tiut 1 heard hin exclalm, ers he drove vut of mizht, ** dlappy Christmas toall,and to all ¢ good night 1" enter the room whera the_noble David_ Crackeit's Vife-hleod was shod, and wheremany others fonght 28 men nover fougtht beforo or atuce. A reception s cxtended to aut excurelon party by Mir, Twohiz, the banker, and mavy of them ‘accept. The re- ception given In tho evening In the spacions parlor of fho Menzer Honse was ouc of the larzest yet given, and soldicr and clvilian exchange views with tho Mexican and Texan, and so_ delighttul {s this meeting of strangee friends that we are loth to sy good-by, butthe best of friends must part, and wosro to leavo very early in tha morning, ‘What o busy scrambling on the noxt morning in order to et brenk{ast and o _tha car by 7 o'clocks it wo are nlwaye in time, and thls ls D0 _excep: tlon, A lomg day beforo us, but with pleoty “of beantiful scenery, lvely com- panv, and tho thought of what I8 before us, na fear of Joneliness, Ieachins llonston at U orehari, which ook thie appeaeance of a mu closely togethors rangely to ue, and has more gery, the tiecs bolng placed or; and o fuquiry we learn that 1t Is purposely ueranged fn this manner to shado tho ground and keep’ it moist. We fravel but a shiort time, when 8 torpedo_ cxplodes benuath us, aud notifiey u that thera 4 uanger ahead, The traln is atopped, and wo find a car has been thrown from Uie track. Defng a speclal train for our nc. commodation, 4 mattera lttle, as we can go and wlop at our pieasure. Fortunately §t 1s i a do- Il.atrul woou 1n which we 8nd ourkelves, and tiow wo wander forth In Uus really Sunny South, and are greeted by singiogz birds, aml the | balmfest of une ~mornluge, We soon find ourselven en roate for Palestine, —not the one we read of In the Good Jook, althuuzh to 4 this seumms overflowing with mili’ and honeys awd the inhahitants pariako bo (reely of zenulno goadness and hoapitality that wo would fain suy, Lot thy peoplo bo"my penple, and whero thou sayest | will stay." The cars stop, and wa hear the lonzed-for name sereumed fn onr ears: and alight to And the genlal Capt. Mays, Viee-Prosl- wpare of this worla's good things, —think what it has bronght to those whose feehle hande and ache Ing hearts ore the only shield botween starvation ond tho lives of litle chlldren ns dear to thom as ours to us Shall thalr allent appeal to us be In vain?! T wish evervane who s in sympathy with snch work could sce and hear the eases which almost dally cometo my notice of peoplo whoee previaus lives have been passed in tho midat of plenty, —perhaps An Yuxnry, —who, throngh no fault of thoir own, are reduced to the verge of starvation, Those are not onlinary jjoor porsans,—not those whoso normal condition is povarty, and who would lapse back into that conitlon, no mattor how often thoy wero Iifted out of It.—but Iadies of cultute and Tefna- 1nent, who, with their tender little ones, have been Jelt 1o Night the battle of Mile alono, with no friend eavo the Futher of the fatherleas, ilow torriv'e ihe battle has been none will ever lml{ know, for _such nover blazon abroadl thelr trisle, and 1t is somctimes dificult to Iearn'enough of thom to know how best 10 help thein, or to Induce them to accept, But human to mo; It was at thile fountain of truth that I found falth in God's goodocss when I doubted, and when not long agon preat sorrow came fntom life, and wo lald a loved one nway from us, Aalted nevor-falling comfort from this: sitpio stanza: Tknow not where Jila iatanda fift. Their fronrea palms in ale; uniy know I ¢ arirs Beyond Hls love and care, A CRRISTMAS-PRESENT, Chrirtmas la soan to be with us, And [ have besn racking my brain For something to eive to my hushand, Thavoit! A gold watch and chamn; A ring with a ret of real dinmonds; Slippers, and dozexs of socke, Embroldered with everything protty; Hiandkerchicts, 100, by the box; Dookx by hin favorite authors; A gold-tieaded cano. Evtzaners, THE DUTY OF IIOUSEWORK. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cutcaao, Dec. 20.—1 will lake & seat by Rob's Sisterand chat a moment, if you please, Now, Sister, don't you dosezve a scolding to begin with? ‘Wil you not aliow The Ioma to be as Interesting a8 Scribner's or more so? 1llow can you fnd fau't ‘with the high tone, sbility, and sonse of our fam lly? But § must diffos with you, Yiddie. You say 1t necesaity comnelled you to wark, yon wonld try w'elock, e aro received by Me, W, Plerce, Prostdent of tho Gy 1L & 8.'A, XX, Il., and,after a delightiul chat with him in rezard to tho road and country. retite to & comfortabie brd In the [intch- ins Monee, Early morning Onds us driving through the city (for our timo is limited), an On consulting mv purae, 1 discover “That s neektle must answer bis noed ; e ono of the fincst rereptiont tho Snto of Texas ever witnessed. 11ro ovcrything e on & rcale of moynificence of which Wo never dreamed. The grounds surronnding Mr, Hosle's tosidenco are large, nnd In the most ‘exquisito taste, in rerbect 10 adorument and atteactions, the oy tan concelve of, ‘Th rass, which In called ermuda gras, irpassts any wilton carnot \ro over walked on, and cch stooped to pross with the baud this wouderful verduro of velvely solt- news. Ascending to the broad plaxza, we look buck for an {nsiant at thefbenutiful out-of-door accre, and only for o morient. for tho dooF opens; tho colored glrl disappears, and the gontle, re. Hoxio blds Iy 0 Nellle, rutt away, what & torment you Are; e C! h cady 1o act as escort tu tho those niattor ch had Defore scemed **dry as Do gn get your dollys sl down In that ! overy Imaginable resonrce before secking a situa- So U1l glve It to hiin, and say, ** Dosrest, deutof the road, ‘rea O | tiizoush the kitdnoss of Mr. Granger, of ‘New | hearts are much Iike oyaters—warinth is sute to ¥ ) iz e e e deucs of Me. 11, M. loxle, who ten. | o e mont desitabla postions of the | open them.. And Fight hera Tob ma. way, if villa | Aiumer do Pa sury not discurty mo aaain, 1 ray, tion In anybody's kitchen, and give as a reason Iack o PEFTTuTely st Anian on af strengih, Wpace falls me to toll of tho theorles and plans cluporuted throngh succeeding yerrs, A word more and 1 am throogh. Une o ‘my steongest disap- Inuln(menu\uu o revelntion that Frod had no iterary taste, ar, rather. no tume for ita cultivation. Lot me toll you what { havosccomplishad: It be. camo o cnstom In onr city for merchania ta give each emplc:lvc one evwnn‘war wack for recreation. 1 uersnaded Fred (told him ho was Fral'ln‘ old) to ntlow himself an equal priviloge with hisa clerks, and apend tha tlmo with me iu roading sloud wom olia_of | ‘my sehction. clions ¢+an and Wife* for the first, and had the sat. fafaction g ing that his_interest s Dok to-day. With & slzh little Nellle sat duwn In her chalr Aud took her poor dolly, with lighit curly huiry Blio dresscd, and undressed, and dressed her agatn, ‘Then glanced a her mothor, but allin vain, Poor Nelile then whispered 1o dolly and sald, Just gio ne Lo piay Withi do you think 'twould bs city, Eapeelally wouhl wo thank Col. J, Meaus for lils kindness fn conducting us to the beautiful reeldenco of Mre, Springhuret, Just before reach- ing Houston our car in stopped, and, through the kindness of Mr, . 8, Terey, wo aro shown throtgh his sugar-house, and hiero regaied with the sweot. eat of sweets, from the hot sirup, Just o the fre, samples ‘of sugar just ready to r-cane s given us fo tako to our friends, a yagnr of sngar, and 8 bottlo of sirup, ‘This *unny Soulhls full ulA\ ind hearts, anid wo arc happy {0 meet so many Mfeuds: thoy will ever Lo held fn pleasing remeinbrance { Enx LEAP, (was it not?) or any vther friend will come to mo with full hands they may drop & note {0 ma In care of the ollitor, destyuating & {lun which to ygo, and 1ahall be only too viud to have thein sco for themaelves the heartbreaking acenes I 8o often witness, Dt 1invitonoono 1o go hrough late carloslty, Perhape It may maka thinga a liitla clearer, and awaken a grenter fnterest in thie work, 1 I inaces ‘hero a portion of iy privato record for the last faw we Nav, 14—Ttecolved to-day from 3tr. 1, Jackson, {hrough theeditor's hande for eharisble purporce, Cuicaao, Mintae ——— TO CONTRIBUTORS. The editor hoped that some of Tho Homa frlcnds would ba so busy thls weok with thelr holidays that hu would not recelvo more lettern than he could pnnt: but 1t has seemed {0 make no differ- cuco that Christmas waa ot hand, aud it becomes ecessary to say that rome thirty lotiers remdin to take their chances next week. It fa not evon pos- siblothat theao thirty writors wiil approvo of the asoa elnlmod to ba genoral with Poxesor. Amerlean girls. Now,docs it not todo otnur kinde of 'work, say t wods, or kewiny, these belng tha wpenk from experlonce when | say that 1have found my strenzth to be eqoal to all my housework, Whilo I know it falled mo whan used o gain & livelthnad by elther of the sbove avocations, Then, If it s highly proner for avory gizl 10 know how 'to keap honse, and, as common sense Laaches us, it 18 necessary, what ls it but fala pride that causes evory mother ta work 2'To wih that In Tleaven T might be ta-nigh WA THan i dn Tiearen 1 mix besutitully elener Littio brothcr iu there, and doar Cousin Dese— Aud lots of Jittle clilldron bestdes, [ gucssl™ Wio blessings of the gratified reciplent i #cain; " 1 :’I her Iflld}lfi.l’: I:e]«dmul lfi; mnnxln that n"l“l‘l“znvi ay the blessiny e coiplents liagged from beyinning 1o end, I ch or may have advantages macles nd an principlo of sclection whiclh han left thom ont and | UiFnifed, * ard ladyiike | afre. Huxio blds oring him comfort fn tho next warld if not In this. | ook Julhelouy, being chrelal. at frut hat. g, | Dubdolly did not bear one word that anaasid, body toone In her stalont Whon I sce how this preferred others—in fact, tho conductor of The [ most delizhtfully cntertalned. and CIHAT’S LATEST ADVENTURE, Nov. Js—liacoivol from & ladyin Wisconsin & | cription should bo suourdinate to incldent, and | ARSiusmpawasintent on the toskc which sharesd, | is being done T feel that not one In onr lloma liome has no ablding fath In his own avaolute ace cnracy. Ile has, however, attempted to further tho intereat of sl), and s unquestivnably lesa preju. diced than sny contributor can be. amall donation, tiven in wuch & synipsthetic snirit that it made 1no asliamed of my lack uf zeal, Went immediately Lo ses ** Black and Blue Sheep, " and found her almost destitute of the barest necessariea ofifo, (ave her 31 and somo other things, and, 1F my fand biad beon greater, could Liave given hor tan iinies the amount withs the certalnty that It wae weil inveated. To the Editor of The Tribune. Boscons, Wis, Dec. 17.—'*Tho warst ‘Is sby aays. 3y brother-in-1aw has had s long sickness and heen nigh unto desth, —that s, he thought so, bot no one elee did. He 18 like all tho men: can't stand pain at all, If ho shontd a table coverod with lnuwi coverl of food from delleato chin a siiver, which ncems gool 0 0s, for we lave been accustomed of late to wa<h our dishes in a teacup, and wipe tliem on a napkin. Coutd anything equal this bountifully -spread tuhle beforeust All'na. tlonn atiaro In It4 produetions, aud th aea brinzoth forth from her watery deep to satisly our hunger, Iis tasto has 80 far $mproved that we last montn finishea_**Annals of & Qulet Neighborhood,” (o his_perfect satinfaction, and ho 13 now reading **Daniel Daronda ' with an interest equal to my own. Wo have been marced cight years, Al husband Is quito es undemonsirative as ever. zarely or nover kear the tender wordas or receivo tha ahonid teach such mistaken idens. Pleaso, dear frlcnis, you who know how to_say that which wiil arouse miotherd to a true knowlodgo of Uielr du- ties, and dsughters to the nobleness of lifting the burden frun their mothera® shoulders, da vay somothini to tho girls; show them how t0 do aw; with thiu fatso uride, and teach thein to use thelr alr, Rl REatiian dngens Kope waten roand her there, O sleep, blessed siecp! what n comlart thou art! Mow quloxly thou soothess thiat sad little heart| Hweel are her dreams, hor cares are un And thedear, darling chiidforgets shio’s slunal Now, Mr. Editor, 1 wiil thank you for your o ‘Those readers of Tha 1! me who have been inter- " W] 1 wi 1 it ittence, and say to you all that I Kope our im- | strength, theroby increasing it, that they ma ested in the atiempt of & young gentlenian of this | 1r{s |ya compliment ta rat heartily withour fricade, | haPPeR to have the colle, ho'd ar ftwas the | ~ Other emall sums were disburacd at various timen 1‘37.'{.“ ix'éf'l'f::\'r'-"lur':-fl to 'T:'fl: flfly"""f',:" ';’.:mmm. Triond, Krias Krin le, will not: Enom how to 6l] a mtnatlon th **somebody’s city named Wright to dina off quall for forty days | then suroly Mr. and Mrs. fl. M, Hosio wero morg | Cholera, If & rheumatic tiwinge tukes him in the | to partes I know woll, and, later, In an cutry | ho, dear boy, would never droam of sayin ‘e | 0f you bys tho sawme old sonl that Kitchen who 18 puro to be seeking from their ranke ) i1 succeasion,and on the bearing of tho experiment | hizhly complimented than any porson evor was bo- | wrist or ankle, he ls positive it fa tnflammatory | Which reac Called upon a lady wio had beon | heart of her' husband doth aafaly trustin her.” atock | one who knowa h hazstrength to bo a hol Oh. it acerun of #0 much worth to me for a compalent to to someibln, 1 18 canla a piece, or stan bebind tha caunter at $2 per woek, 1 know a lady In neud of help; she has sovers! small children, o co hoy make any amount of work, Bh good w and will treat & girl well, as she 1s n fady, Butit {salmost Im‘mo‘ #ble to gt rallable help; they do not anderstand thelr business, and have too “much fulue pride to learn, One utout-looking girlapolied for this witu- very tli—her husbaud, unable to get work in Chi- cago, had gono away to try to mend bly fortu; elaewlioro; bad not succeeded as yet, though ahe looked for news overy day. In the meantime, ahe had paried with her Iuroltare, pleco by plece. and her beat clotiing also, to provide food for her five children. Now all wae gone oxcept the barest nceessaries, hor children wera uearly ahncleas, and the whole family bad subalsted ttat wholo dl{ upon 21z cents, and that waa the fast_they hind, ave tnem il | fore, for 1 never saw such huncry people, Tlie houss iamagniileent in alt ite apyointm; and was handsomely decorated with flowers pleked on this day. The myetcries of the telephona aro discuscd, & brief - conversation indulged in witn & gentleman at a and wo aro told thut it s timeto bid o enial hostesn e, and with regret wo leave this hospltable frie trusting to weet her roon in Austin, At the depot wo tind another Pallnan apd & dining. car awalting us; or, ns ono expressed It, a train nt grandparents etockings long years 10 s inexbanatible, and fe 18 wide enough awake to romembor the oid and th younz,—oven the little one: ) **Who neler saw Christmas yet!” The same 1ova atill prompts us, and lot ps 21t have as good & s circumstances will permit, To be times are hard, bat it ls not the value af but the love'of the giver that makes membrance preclons, ‘With & Mesry Christmas snd a Happy New-Year to my nloces and nophews, lovingly, on the question of housshold cookery, are Inform- el thit he desisted alter the aixtoenth bird, The f wedentary pursulte of the young man, and his % vitlated taatos Inotlier than gastronomical matters, will prove, hawever, that his Jack of auccess need not influence honvekeopers who cator for robust healthy men llvinz 1 country afe, ‘Thoy can live 4 un asitsages wid cakey for three suecessive nionthy " Just an betore, rhenmatlsm, and Ilves in mortal dread leat It go to hta hoart oud kill bim. A pimplo on his nose or face immediately assumes the gigantic proportions of & cancer, and should he evor bave the headache 1t would bo aquivalont to softening of the bratn In bia upiniot, sud_ ha would diupore af his provrty ata saceiice, clova up bin busiuess, and ‘sall for Rurope on tho firet steamer. 1f Lie his 8 slight cold ho tasaro it Je catareh §n tho vory worst form, and ho thiuks his jaw fe broken evory time ho has a ) Ho, my dear friond, take hoart. "Allow yoursslt tolook only at the aunny side of your husband's nature; and, though he kiss you once a day wit the samo miochanical motion he adjusts his hat, kisd your bables (1 have two lovely boys) and be content. Tako for a study that must perfect erea- Llovs entus, whose same 1 bor. can never hope to more than foebly cmulste. Rouora. THE SOUL-DESTROYING DUCK- MWHEAN time had in my parse,--not mach, bat Ve vor, the L b i Lt would keep thetn from belng bungry,—and O, Aunt Lucr, ation, came at nignt, had s littla time to lock o e Bl e B | Lot Chanco, ™ and 5 16, o 1o " Rova | Bow | wishod for Fortanatus oy pirso: . Bround and 9ud that thers was work fo ba_duno The chief toplcs of the week appearto bo the | un the wild gruse, and the landvcaps 1s most pleas- | ho will Jointho 'chureh aud wave his soal by be | =~ Can eny of us Imagine our own 1ittly onee goln. Ta the Bditor o/ Ths Tribund, HIOUSE-PLANTS, (the fathorof this family is one of our leading culiivation of Bowers in winter and the uso of to. | inzto behold, for, loaking In vither direction, the | coming a Christian in thoory, instead of to beil hungry, —crying for food In this boasted Cmicago, Dec. 17.—1f some of our moralists, re. 1, d_perbays the girl_thought the To'thy Bdibor oI The Ipitins: -tonud to_make work). Atall Laoansrort, Ind., Doc. 18,~In the I onl; ono i practice. 1o hus had a boll. 1t wi **Uarden of the World"? Slsters, fricuds, will not aled ou tho extremo southern oxtremity of Tl e eurbet your hearts respond and your handa keop Hmo wilh and aslovelas the flgor on which we are now bacco by wens and they are respoctively encours 2 oued aud roprobated in equally strong terme, It formers, and stralaht-Jackets who are bewalling t number d g f morala as exemplifled by the hablts hen oatlad e Yot wy P Mr, Allet right arm, atan angle of about forty-fve degrooa | them to tils call for help for tho helplosst Wil) | the low state of me P! y of The Ilome, thiree porsons ask for information talie d1d not intond ta' get up, was not going (o would be very hikely unjust to charge ‘the sudden ;llflnml&c:"x';:n l!xlfl":lu :x'nlla';uAvy:‘r:'nfi"x';v.un(. ugm hls great biz ellor 1 wae ln’lhn unfin of | not all wio resd this seod just & littlo—the | of so many of out young men, would but turn thelr | nbout plauts, 1 could refae ta the catalogues af s When asked for & reasou, ' Why, vigor of youug ladiva on the emoking queation to | farm tat the train wan stopped, and single Alo wo | 1L+ glory about two days. 3y sister was very b agregate will b conslderable—tu our ' attontlon to soine of the orrors futo which they, In common with the grost mass of mankind, have fallen, as slaves to the power of their uwn sppe- 1ltes, it may prove of some sorvice to them In thelr soveral florists for foll Information, but 1 donot want to give any free advertising, 1t seeme to me that floriats and others would find it to tuelr ad- vantago to advertiss thelr wares in The Homo sup- saidahe, *+you aro such common peoplo, evén ome. "' ou all for the war upon gossin- ing. Do lct un all follow Mra. Matteson's advico for tha New has & good recipe Tryhniz qut IATd, Aid ng § was appointed chiof nures fo my brother.in-iaw. (e aiwnys put up two Rodn T tho ik, ant pat shews dowr, In tho witer. 1 have seen In'fhe Howe that 18 mnde people coarse the fact that they hope tbi auoking-jucketa smoking-cap for Christmaa, mounted Uio stilo and walked the plank which led to tneofilee, and_examined thesacred cattlo, which all were desirous of beholding, llere wo gatheroid one arm full of noss to fake to our Maine, 60 Twonty-third strect? It will bo suro to reach inc, and I pledis myself it shall be mada to Ko &s far a4 over monuy went, 1f any prefor to send cluthiug or pruvlsione, a note to e {n care of 10 cacape making and plpe-punches Year. 1f anybody 3 g i C, 1L . Northern homes, and thus Iu the futaro rememper | 10 ¢at bogg neat, but it don't, for we nearly live on be promptly atiended to, | worthy endeavors to accomplish reforms, vlementof Tix ThiauNY, givo It to us, Wil ¥aith C. bo kind atiough to tef ceo S . R T i i 0 and refined av if h thu articles are eole o mo whether she drinks tho bran with 1he ea or 8- The corresnondent who asks If 1t s anbeaithy to | fhewe Southirn fureate, with, thele wiori-ike | It, But wh Ao Jiatw ico anid futed ou il e had tho bt “advans | | Tho so-called nopular vises of tie Uay pava been | There s one dimiculty fu the way of amateur | [oh Vo settie). With: thans 10 cacl mamber of sleep In & room whera the walls are palnted green, | JeWiMY A Q RERORaEIns oy o attan- | turtlesallof our um,{ I went into the parior, | tago, A fome in ostablished en and ghly b yed v olr | florists: Differont flowers require difforent tem- 14 \nfurmed that If green paint s used: 1t 19 not une w n The liome for Information, I will Kive & govd recipe for corn-bread and say goad-by: Ona cup sweet mil¥, two of sur, A A e hours ¢ Carua Taui my brothor, ute,, Invlsted upon staying, no- cause hethoucht thore was & draurht 1o tho sit- oum, and he was alraid he would take cald and thy wore wight dovelop nto the muoaslos, whoolng-cougls, of sumething olso, ke didn'tknow oxactly ~what, * Tbe moment I onlered the room ‘he eaid, **Go sud bring me the third volume of the Eocyclopedia.” 1didso. Then he exclalmed excitedly, ** Chat, this is & carbunclo, and he gently touclied his arm, I 4 cannon-bali, tlylug ut the rato of 1,000 tnbicen wminute, ud whistlod past my ear and knocked uver the lamp, 1 ¢ have been wmoro atuttled, and I cried, Heavens] if (¢ 1s you are adead.mian,™ 1t fucw hlanchod, bat witlh supeebuman effort ho controtled himeelt aud sold, *¥Tuko that book," pointing to the Cyclopedia, +* ind carbnucle, and wce 1 thery fe any booo for me," When I hud fnlshed resding {t he walked 1o the window, paused o moment sk it struguling to rexain hia compovire: then in & voica that trembled Lo said, **Well, tell me tho worst; § can bear it 1 cuy- ered iy eves with iny hands and moaned, ** Do't ask me! for sweel heaven's sake, don't ask me, Ilhll Vul\‘lv was »stern with repressed emotion, al ugo, As soon ma 1 (which wo bope will ba soon) sl supplies can be went there, but until then § will undortake to be personally rosponailita for anyitiug rucslved. 1 do most earneatly beis tuat our cauntry friends will respond to this—that ovesy momber of the Club in wmaller towns will try to establish an anx. illary club, coliecting monoy 1f posible, because it costa nothing comparatively to send that, and we can expend it L0 s0 much bettor advuniago In the clty. lint everything will cceptablo until the Tlome ts oponed, ! bope for mauy a jar of lntter, hox of frults, or smoked moats, or now and then a harrel of patatocs and flour fr. who cau vpare from thelr abundant stor they would dnd it impossible ta spare even in moncy, and I look fur a learty reipa oue frivi da fn the city, 1think they ull by (hia Lo tuat this 1s no **conddenco" 10 play & Bpencorlan trick on # Lillputiay scale,— itie simply the Lost mothod which bLas presonted 1taclt t0'a band of very cariiest Wolnvn, Who neo u much to be done that they know they can never do s alone, to succoed fn littingfrou sumo of carth's sorrowing eildron the Joad which seems crushing 100 o the hrenstworka thrown up 10 protect the Tirkdge Which croxses the bay, and Ie WWo miles tnd w quarter in_length, ‘They otil] remata o a renuriablo state of prescrval Flowly we nde over (he gulet walers of (islvoston lioy, aud enter the Island City of Oleanders, On all aldes we are i ‘bancful eecta that one wonld naturally conclude that tharo remained nothing more against which to warn the fucsporienced ur unwary, We have Leen told that wine fs & ‘mocker, and flmnf drink raging, and have all become tamilfar with the terriblo efects Jting from {ta use, Tobuccu has been donovunced as & poison, Ioroads upon health and morals fs only egualed by ite drain upon the purse, Enof bas boen s)l:l\lrldnlfl‘llu sdjunct of a disoased brain, Uplum bas been decried uatii 1Ls uso has bocoma almost 8 penalty, Bven apraca- kum has become synonymouas with bad hreath and a shallow mind, and the frequent use of candy is deplared as conducive to headaches snd decayed tocth, but not a warning bas been ralsed nora ‘wrotust uttervd agalnst tho greedy aud indiacrimie to use of that moet popular of all cultnary de- uckwheat cakos, as exeniplified not unly In professional boarding-houve uf our larger and wory [m?uluul clties, bus at tho breakfast-table of our most exemplary and conslstent advacates of ras form in persunal habits, many of waom will cloquently enlargs upon the baneful snd vernlcious effects of the use of tubacco, with it peratare, while most persons havato keep their "flowers ln one room, and that the llving-roum. The rose, carnatlon, violet, and somo others, do best In o tomperature of from 53 to 00O, Dego- nin, csllas, and others, do bost whore the heat lefrom 450 709, A room whero flowers are kept should have & bare floor or oll-cloth, bucause dust fainjnrious to plants, The groat enomy of flowers ian hot, dry atmospbers. “Have an open stove, but by all means keep plenty of wateron the stove; evaporate all the water you can, 1f you hare & bare flour or ofi-cloth, sorinkle th loor, &8 well as the plants, every ‘day with th watoring-pot, Ivy Lyndon wants to know what will make her plants look more thrifty. No oue caa tell without seeing them, but If she will follow my directions, If the routs are not in 8 bad condiils make them look thrifty. Flowers wan! sun ana_light they can get in winter, She asks, Shail 1 water them evary day? Flowars want water when they ste dey, 1f In swall pots or growin, fast, they will noed more water, Bmall pots wi! sbsurb the littie molsture in the little sol healthy; bt If green wall-aper Is meant, tn very unbealthy, becauso it fa colored with Scheel grcen, which haw a basw of areonic, and littlo pare ticles of the polson aro constantly foating about, Is reeted with kindly worde of welcome, and even- g finde ue entertalned by some of 'Gulveston's bomt roproseniatives in the apacious Tremont Ilnuso purlors. The evonini ts panecd tmost agree- auly, and we retire ond think of tho busy day betors us, Early mornlug finds us on our way' lo the train, and we Arc weated n the pecultar little car which runy m thias road for the delizbtful trip down the Island, Btopping at Mr. 8, Bendiler's, wo are shown through onwor¥atory, and our srms illud with plante, h wo trust may res bome in eafely, and blussous fur ue. Uu we ¢o, and the beauties of tha feland aro froely lecuseed, tho oleanders, which llne tho streets in double rows un cliher slde, duiy admired, and our traln s backed un the iteh, aud we ary Jeft to stroll theo beach. Ilero we wandsf -along, of course—and _pick up sheliv, ex. clat over the beautics of thy deep, view tho Lo A GIRL'S OPINION OF TOBACCO. Ceorgins, 10 apen tho door to appeals lika yours would iy than flood ‘The Iome, Take the ca 10 the Dorcas Sucety mentioned elsewhoro in thix number. You sre premature In wssarting that Your lettors are lust; thoy may have beon recelvod and dellvered bofure the weekly list was made up. Cnicado, Dec. 10.—Allow me to sny a fow words 10 the conenmers of tobscco. Of coutés the gen- tlomen know that it greatly fmprovos tholr louks to promenade tho streets with & cigar betwoen their st such an advantage when t tobacco abuut him when at sters hiko it wo dispensing the fav home also, His mother and mauch, don't they? It he ba to whom the odur of tobscco always glves s Lieadache, how she must enjoy 16 to have hIm smoxing sbout tha house, Tobacco imoroves the tecth and the breath of the gontlemen who usa s In any form, and joake their companionship so desirable to o Tho appesl mado by Grandwa Oldways on behalf of The Homs Club I ot overdrawn when It plct- uresha destitation which ite writcr has found, No duubt uced exfat that thoso wha contributy through the agency eet forth will bo dulg as much good as can be dune iu any way with the same amount, o Ada Jarndyco, your lelter Is thrown away, bat can get dut from nnrm‘ b batter, Home persons uss the black dirt Ju a wood-shed, but eate vhoaid be faken to not get any pleces of woud of bark, aa they will make the soil sour, If rlnnu aro sickly it {s often a good plan togive hom new soll and put thom in as smsll 8 pot as 1 Small pots make quick bioam. tlilrst “exclted by the use of tobacco, sud 30 ‘‘corn-juice ™ fa resorved to, Of course, oll? 1 il they Cleanliness, I bolteve, ased to ba i Rorite ike an nupen-feaf Lo whisperod, 547l wub hope, faith, snd almost bumanity fiself, 1tis | connecting habits, and yet mornlng ufter morni have very fast. Soms flowurs take up much nore | young lsdiss. h ot for tho rodeons you Droposc; simply Lusanes | med- Cbarieeiss wich e Hoa, Of araioriiis P Wed and terriied 1 road the fullowingi | 0 niatter (hat Jou ara nol nenibera of the Cluby e | SinCacarately doris Tomernak attef moralng | LN tan o Keep tho pots tn boxes of wet assentlal qusllty of gontlemen, bat one would god wrlecn i s of four pever, iF vou | it fmireder, ot o o b, V| D3t S5, e Sy, i ot petent il | poncmmsestiuciat b chnds Miotossoms; | aait el symscorual Sl cumely 5 | sk [ 1 Ma8 I modplia o seull | tink oot Suims S s iee boke o " o . . | an enfecbled * condition, & carbuncie way ¢ oraandizuse, thy; ola thoir remaln| i q il writo (i sawo veatiraente in & Chrisilsn man. [ Y8 culuo wbietles us | together | wain. | an, sufeeilen, Soniion, o 8, SAGURCle, dhor | yropeced an articls for publlcalaa it e wot e Lo thia duilon vaut 1nbors ‘of the sag. " poaiers | Milnute presence uf ladios when perfumed with tho scent e ner, un one side only, the lutter will be printed. Premont llouse knows xo well how 1o furulsh, | kruan, the book dropped from his hand, thero wan | ¥uch who are found [n the front runk of thuse who | women who are constantly sppealing with volce | , Nover uss perfectly cold - water on plants, A | of that most dlagusting of od bacca. ;I'Im KA we aro foid wu eannot accspt the fovitatlou of Mr. | & miuity silence, and the beating of bis heart was | o tho mustood, Do not be ufrall of Impomtion. | and purse 1o mudical sciunco fur rellef from that | feW drups of smmonia In the water occastonally in | uee of losaecocoaster s ceiza fai °M'J"fl“mfll Mre. O, J. B., the subject of volvet painting bas | John Beuloy, Frealuent of ths G., 1. & H, Jail> | the ouly sound wo heard. Lldut Ll Wite, boe | Evary clat s gullly bat thoroughly Investiosted | great enoiny of manking, dyspepsis, with all ite | £00d. if yoa can'é give them & little woak manure- | mora or less deg i?mnlhluxfll"‘;’" st Yeen vesy fully Souds to vialt ble eleiant home and plek the oraugos t3uso I thouuht sho would bu friuhieucd aud feave | before amytbin fu duna. W shall not be iikely to m.,...,,.,..,r'nfqmm,., WIIL persistently indulye | Wator. Use & light for plants; f you | Lake Michican extract le mecded to allay th cen very fully discassed, and elaborate In- | Lo b S RO SRR EE0 S 8 0t o pasty | tho 1ard, wud ) kuow 1f 16 was luft another day (t | be led Into mistaken: Qiough, pending. the discove | L ‘s hauih whichs 1h it permasont efacts upon the structions have been glven—amoug others In the {svue af Oct, 20. Itwould ba hardly fair to msk that 1bo eubject be brought out syaln. Proposd Lo vieit the cemetery, which Is ono uf thie remarkable featurea of this lelaud City. To tus slicat city wo repalr, and Jet o bere say to each and all, Ruver leavo Galveston without scetnyg thily lovely spot. Hete we tind tho toinby, contatniug, as 1t dowd, 1n omo {nstances, Tuur little caskets, cove ofed wilh Llussous rich sna zare, but 1o us the slght wis o sad, sand we turn, to auotber, ::xd. louklng throuul tho wlask - windows, would spull, and I thaught it would be butter to getitout of the way befuro the funeral, After o whiio my brotber-in-law rallivd, bad bie bed urought Iuto the parlor, wade bis will, and then 1 vout for the doctur. When bo camo o waid it was 1d we feltas If wo bad & grest loud taken er tho; doctur bad yono 1 said to ~law, '**Won't you hio down)" i *yed, If you tuink | bad et 1l os0'to bis feet, but snuk back G ' so weak; [ can’s walk Lad been homu from tures hours, weighs <175 i wix feet " tall wnd 1 aaid 1 *tlean on me ety of U'topia, we shall havo 1o accopt the world ax wo find it. Mat, beiter tuanall, It seeis tome s grand thing 0 be aswuciated In our lsbors, how- over humble ou cllurts may bo, with Uim Who le eopocially the friend of the frlendlow. Coine to ourald, fricuds, Do nob lob un fail for luck of strong hands to Bold up our weaker oncs. Lo not let theve unfortunste oues suffer, aud, perhaps, I,NI. —perhaps be led juto crime by dire wanl of vo! obyslcal ayateni, 1ay prova alinost or quite as bers nfcious o3 somd of (ha vicey Of tholr weaker brethiren. Wouan will bewafl the weskness of & wman fn bly perulatent use of the Bliky weud, o condale bis unliappy bondsge to Ha yower aver will and conscionce, and yet with all tlie embelilshments of culnaty art witl doliberatoly sprowl. befure him an arilcio of diet which beats, clogs, and tortures tho helploss ‘stomach of its victim, which In its dis. treus 1nvariubly demands sowe’ agout Of rolief, If but lomporury, What mora ready and sficlant wacut than the ** B1thy weed,” what more mugical In caving or etieving o bundeged of dlsirassed couldn't {nduto the gentlemen 1o think s0, but think, as a rale, Lbat drisking follows by uss o tobicco. Jlow iho uso of tobacco lmproves 1 compluzion, doosn't 1t? 18 #iv L ance (a'tha countenanc o o' The letter on crucity to animals {s refused, not becauso of any lack of sympathy with the ubject, Lut becausy the nasration of horrors, sgonles, sud tortures does 1o goud, but rather disgusts and sickene, ol ta bave their emen frieods smoks when In {helr company.—t shows people that the have great raspoct for ladies. Gentlemon, i1 doesn's nske ong h}l ol dlflnml:l how n;ll:h ;un?lo I.I':’; don't you give up swoking or chewing, for tuc: S wieh hesltnyy ity and pleasdnt haulls st 01 b which 1 iike the Hermoss, lenels, Bon bilena, Leabella Sprunt. La' Pactole, ombreael, Lamarque, eic, Carnstious~De Graw twhlte)"Ta burite,” Tiright Carwaine, Ls Baile (white), 'stc. The winter-blooming Fuchais and the words *4'To My Wife™ In Jelt 1 whow that bebind the ‘narule teblet les a° wite *+luved and Jost, ** vut not fork for each day frevls stowore sru placed o thls lovely temple, aml thy plante surtcunding and lling every curuer Porsian Kingwho had tired ast p jons aud offored Inunenso sumis forauew pleasure. Lot .nove desnalr of Oading new and pleasurable scnsstlona till the oo A cotrespoudent is very anxlous to get Tum Tuiuuns of Dec. dond 7, sud ls whiling to pay for porfect hesith, Lsve trled thu luzury of doing goud, and thuy wifl | wtumach} * What mora placeidla or convincing | Sveciosa is elegant. Toe primrosa fe une of the | no sensibis peruon could ‘wish Lo duprive you of tben. 1t any one bas thoso dates o wparo thoy | gicak of updylue atection. Evenlug comes (g | st IH belp Jou. So'be put bis band o wy | dod fta plessure wilch ¥ grows by’ wist 15 rovds | Biyument R0l b6 hddseod th peont o 118 aneiSE | Beur wintor-bloowing plsuta; Cyclaraen, Ceps | the saloyment ibat you mist deriva from the uay may boscatto Miss Z, Taisuxx Home Depurte | svon, sud tho Upers-louse 8ais nwuy of us recogs | sboulder sad the way be Huipod across the room | g Mirtues, or ite bencicial agency as a pavacea for | Jasmine, eie, 1 th " of the _-weel A T PR Lo nueot ulatuy fawmiliar faces in the crowd Lefore us, Eurly | you would bave sworn tho bail waa oo his foob ju- | That my p welcome in every bousa- | fiis fur too common? Keop the voil molst sl way through; keep o 1% fs 4bout timo for you 4 ou Friday mornibg wo st sealed ou tho steamer | tcad of bis ari. Juek hold where T "Fninuxs 18 yead, and ‘sn echo | “Jany a wlavo to thie **vile babit" has dated his | JOUT pisnts s ve thow leht and sun, 8 molst tyout 1think that it ls sbout, timo fur you o taddox, by avitation of the Custom-lleiive Buthore yhing deeply: frum every hoatt, fs tho earnest wish of bondaga to the cravings of sn cutragwd stomach for | 8ad modsrate ay 00 dogrees), snd you will ; A ke This s the third warnluz as 1o the Jack of Mive wad” by tnuster of ceieni. | uywber else 1L woulda' GxaNpxa Oowavs. | reliof Trum sufferingy cuused by th proverbinl caka | be Fepaid for your labor, Bod. Rusr,” [esatiblokof aay Loplc sxcent the sxamibiation Corson's ** Pifteen-Cent Dinu 0 supply | niew, preseuted bo e bl s, ;llm becanie vuo lnuwllulh :Mn.tlwllnr;mdc‘rn:l; J:L‘ul ny“‘m“l:“h:l ——— late vet bclzn:oh'lmh-umlaodxlwmaafll the ‘,‘,‘" A sanlTA—n- s :‘flm’.fl'fi;fi“fimfl"flmfignfilu«oumtm Was exbiausted soine Uiie 330, 80d yei Jotters will | 0f out party, and a deflghtiud sali on tho ¢ulf ju- | your clght ario o crippled tha WRISTLETS, uary evseutlats of & home by sume doting mother <P Al A e | By Yo by Srivate .o BeA IO TOqALN Fob Pt Gutren i, 3. Frauk Deremus, sditor’ of iy | Drac coie, and sho wept. ‘Thel bo ordered bor to T iha ilitar o) 156 Totbiois or fond wife. 1@ \mysove the bppustunity Galverton News, alvo accompanied us, und was a leasaut addition to uur alrcady Wvely company. By “Vitiion o Cap : To the Editor of The Tvibuns Davasrout, Dec. 20,—I1 Mre, M., tha pattern sgent, can utilize s ehirt-model, 1wlll send her: one, very simpl perfact, my own lovention. A Iady desirloz & w‘fi will necd 10 wend ber beat up the pillow, and whily she_ wes pertorulug that operation he fopped uver and struck hls bull uguivet bis weereclagin that was )ylog o6 thy bed. Mo gave s groan that soundad ko s peal of thuus der. wnd | was so frighteaed that 1 Jowped stralcht up aud down and yelicd e & panther, Wilh eye- ting frous thele sockvie. bu sisred a his wore sbe was trylug 1o kil bim, onlored ter Trom the rouus, sent for the doctor, had cmidien brought fn, bade thein & dyiog farewe 1t Lo wlee turned over—cud we e ‘The next morniug, after be had partaken of 8 egb- stantialbreskiast, nlew e cavic gentlydolothe room, She told him sbo was very, very carcluss {o lluw: fu;g Bin to burt hinieel!; 331d abo bad been thinks fuy woverall nigt, and dnally sbe fell upon her kuecs aud soobed. * * 11 you will vuly forzive we, beucefortn gy 1Hfe ahall be spoot o & woble en- deavor to cxpiate my (sullaand wake yuu kappy.* And with 8 wau's krest and glorious WaLusnlwily Lie accopted the utler. ' Alter that, my brother-in: law kept me in 8 state of perpetual moton. 1 opened the door bocewse It ‘wis too warm sod cives 1 1t Lecause It wuu Log cold tho market re. ports; lowered the cartalu ‘causy’twas 1oo Light. aud s itnuts radeod 1t ‘causo "twhe 100 dark i fudnod him. vnton Bis elipp then took thew ol and buived Ll pat on biiboots: brought biwa b Sl b tne wosntring 1o ses i1 o's F. F. ¥., uo; sfter (¢ vuce gots onthe editor's Feglaler that v 1) Lo wauts As 10 the receipt *buok, wuald tell you about 1t If we knew o could Gud vut. No one, not even thase lodeat in it praiso, de. nies the pernicious elect of the wead upon the phystcal syalem o & grealer of loss extont, ut to hoso who are mure furtunate, in tneir fraodom Irous thiv particular vice, and yet 40 uucharitably denounce Its uraclice o others, might b Justly sv- b the wentiment of the old warulug sgaiust usliug uilsllce by thoso living in glass inclosuras, snd 1o some of the weaker bretbron our vice way nut appaar Iu such bideous proportions whon viewed In conucction with another, which i many casve proves Lot a preluds 10 thy frat, A Rsrouen Wssn, — MUSICAL ADVICE, 7Ta the Editor of The Tribuns. Cuicaco, Dec. 18, ~1 wish The Home a merry Christmas. I have & fow words for the musical ohat Beveral have saked muslcal questiuns, and thoy doa't scom 1o get suswered. I fecl, with Topay (I think it was), who sald, *‘ller ons craze was music.” Mre. W. I 8., I presume Prof, Mayo has sttended loyour requeat beforo this, butl most ask youlf youbhaveever given your Mitle 1l-year-old ascholaz any of the **Six Littla ¥oiata-," 6p. i, by Clementr. They are Nerowskr, Dec. 16.—Home, Sweet fMomel I cousider that 1baves stauding invitation tobea participsns 1n the ot d surrows of your merry clrcle, provided § comae up to tbe required standard to keep my correspondence from tho waste-baskot, You scol ama little feasful. Thore is & declded fwprovement in the contributions to The Huwe (sluce the editor begun 10 sift), 0 be sure: biatit Lina lost somethlng of tho suitublencss and con- rouiality 1§ bad tuour youthful lives, 1o the lack of sxpresslon of thg usdleciplined bearts und windd {n thelr efforta 1o become whyla-souled sud noble, and yt relaloing enoush of lunoceut wer- riwent to ‘break the ~wlonutony of the mory substantial fuod. It 1 wuttcn, **Man shail ot lve by bread alono, but by every word of God. ™ Good bresd sud butter are kood. buta 1litle sauce will add w the relish wouderfully. Poor trash of either ¢ very Indigestible. Those persons who Lave to eat ¢hot for bénns could testify to this, I should thiak, Are you girls all making Chrisimas prsenty, thay J0u dous wni? 1 0. perbape you would like iy wiisiet patiern; wy brothere ‘couddna, vic., think thew very pice when made of brsght, ' presiy sladcs of zephyr, blcud=d nicely and kult in this strie: Twenty-cight stliches oo & necdle. four- opinlun publicly sxpreased on the dulighttul wwple, tol CC0. Koowics ™ wo drew merry Christmas toall the Lomers, and cspor A a clally the wditor. Yivvis. o + AN AMIABLE PAILING. To the Editor of TAs Triding. Cateaco, Dec. 15.—T bave jaat Snis}ed resding The Home department of Tuw Tmauxs, sud while doing 0 wasalio revolviog 1n wy misd & way by which I mighit bring Lo the nolice of a cer- taln falz vne (without ofendlag) a littlo falling 10 which uhe smoDg others Of her sox aso (lhn:u‘hh Iy, I hope) given, viz.: (hat of expressiny 1n e o el o veriation, (h0d. avpAreRy Wwithout much concern as Lo who heare) a3 adwira- 1lon of some wa whom they thiuk is **so hand- same. - fast eplendid looklag ", and wisbiut Thay could be {utroducad. Now, 1 do mot wiab it to Do uodarstood tdat I think' 1t fwproper for them to sdwire the ous whom they think 8o band: sowe or fue-looking, eic., but what do think bighly improper, Bot 10 say (mmod M the outspoken manper o which they glve veut (o suck sdmizution, aud ot only 1s K en occasonst outburst of such fecliug, but It scems to be Iu wiuy frstuuces wbout the oaly tuplc on which they 859 up by ks el being Jusded with colivu, preparatory to bee re- turuto Eogland. “On our relurn We were culer. tasned by epecchies sud music, and ** Tlom Again" never sounded so wwectly as when the wusle raog vut op the Lrevse, sud rewinded us of vur Lume oa the fals Houois, Thaoks were returued 10 the klnd peovle of Ualveslou, one andall, a; with Mr. No N, Jubus, wo cau say it really secuicd 1lkn purtiog with old fricuils, aad, when we Jelt wur bume ut the Tremout Housy, we felt that we would hke to semsln, i we bad some of our frieuds here with us. Reachiog tan Aplonioas we did sbout 4 o'clock in the eveniug, it secuicd a¢ if wo had been sleep- Iug fur days, sud suddenly swuke, to dod our- selves In a forclgu city dn some rewots portion of e Uld World. ~A ride of » milo in @ woll-packed d pot prevent us from bebolding much trat uecr sod qualnt; aud when wo stopped at the Menger louse, ou Suturdsy, Dec. 8, aud were 1uld that tbls would Le vur Lome Hil the Wed day following, wo betau luusing srouud us o Whist sort of 3 'place thly was. Yuu who bave b there wuiy cio see (L34 (b i, for vounucau e meck incasure, bust musze ono veet, and length of slcove. 'Thay sre gieraliy sold st 50 cents. Whea the mateclsls for 1wo silrts cost but s dol- lar, many 8 wowan would be glad 0 bare ibe rty for ber famlly made at home If 4bo could be sute of & properly-Biting neck baud, A. L. B. can procure all the Information bout scroll work: b{ seuding for Ar- *Manual o Scroll-Sawing, " which volish, intay, etc. retty % Two letters asking fur rewedies for common compluluts Are Bot used becwuse the pruver persun 1o cunsult about them le the fawily physician. e Ronebud, If you writa to Mra. Mattoson, No. 60 Weat Lake street, slio will tell yoa about Lhe dates of thy weetlogs of The Home Cluh. ‘buss who have fern leaves can make & winduw ornawent by cultinga plece of tartleian tho sizo of wiuduw pau, sccunny the leaves (o It with mucllage fa forw of boaquet or other deaigu, then placing anotbor over, and vrnameotlug around tho edye with suime funcy stitch with zeobyr, As 30 wuch bas been sald avout tobaceo ofnt menl 1 wast recommend wine made from jlnp- u leaves, bolled 1o frewh lard till crisp,” then strain, Utility's treatment of ¢roup is the same as min for slwplo croap, but une-Lalf traspoonful Wwoul vamit wy children. Forcuuzhn I Liky eausl pass The lctter cut from suoiber paper snd scnt for pullicatiun causol well be used while so mauy fricuds of The Hume ary crowdsd out. oo 5 Joan, the editor docan’t remcmbor why he did Bot sprove the letter, e Uue More Unfortunate, as she chooses to call her- v nendg from Ttovine 16 aen aceed fae - £